Chapter 265 Are You Talking to Me About Sports Ethics?

Because of Sun Pan, the Chinese Olympic team defeated the Korean Olympic team at home and reached its peak after the game.

The Chinese media and fans mocked the arrogant Korean media and reporters without restraint.

Sun Pan became the new "anti-Korean hero" of Chinese football and stole the show, even overshadowing the striker He Ying who scored in this game... Of course, this is also the result he hopes to achieve.

With his outstanding performance in this game, and everyone photographing the national team coach Gao Hongbo appearing in the stands of the Olympic team game, it is obvious that he is here to observe the young players of the Olympic team.

So with his outstanding performance in this game, will Sun Pan have a chance to be promoted to the national team?

In addition, apart from Sun Pan, how many other Olympic players who have performed well in the game can go to the national team?

Gao Hongbo was also blocked by reporters after the game to answer this question.

"Any player who performs well has the opportunity to enter the national team. The door of the national team is open to every capable player." Gao Hongbo's answer was very ambiguous.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, these words can actually make everyone full of expectations for the outstanding young Olympic players to enter the national team...

The last Olympic qualifying match for the Chinese Olympic team will be held on March 14. If the Chinese team can defeat Saudi Arabia in an away game, it will gain the right to participate in the London Olympics.

The last group match is also very important.

But now, they still have to return to the club and participate in the league.

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In the 22nd round of the league, Dortmund challenged Hertha Berlin away.

Dortmund, which has just finished its Champions League match, has carried out personnel rotation. Most of the players who played in the last Champions League match did not appear in the starting lineup for this game. Some people did not even make the squad at all...

Such as the Book of Changes.

Zhou Yi did not appear in the big list.

However, Klopp denied that this arrangement was to avoid suspicion.

"The purpose of rotating Zhou Yi is not to avoid relying on him. Football is a team sport. Our victory is not the result of one player alone.

Therefore, losing the game cannot be attributed to one person alone. Dortmund will not rely on any one person. The reason why Zhou Yi did not appear in the match roster, I think the Chinese reporters present must also understand very well..."

Some German reporters turned to look at the few Chinese reporters.

These few Chinese reporters nodded in agreement.

Of course they know why, and that's why they had so few Chinese reporters covering the game.

Since there will be no Zhouyi in this game, there is no need to go to so many Chinese reporters.

So why doesn't Zhou Yi participate in this game?

On the one hand, it is because we have just finished playing in the Champions League, and on the other hand, it is because there is a national team game next.

In the final round of the World Cup Asian qualifiers and the top 20, the Chinese team faced Jordan at home.

Although the Chinese team has already qualified for the top ten competition in advance.

But if the Chinese team loses to Jordan in the last game, it will become second in the group.

Of course it is impossible for the Chinese team to accept such a result.

So this game cannot be lost.

For this reason, Zhou Yi also wants to return to China to help out.

In order to give Zhou Yi a better rest, Klopp did not let Zhou Yi participate in the game.

This can reduce Zhou Yi's burden. Even if he participates in a national team game, he will not be too tired when he returns to Dortmund.

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In the end, Dortmund, without Zhou Yi, defeated Hertha Berlin 1:0 in the away game.

Although they won the game, they still gave some media a handle, because Dortmund only won one goal, and the game process was not too smooth...

While the game was going on, Zhou Yi had already flown back to China to prepare for the final top 20 match against Jordan.

The Chinese team's minimum goal is to draw with Jordan, but Iraq hopes that the Chinese team can win.

Because if Jordan loses to the Chinese team in an away game, and Iraq defeats Singapore at home, then they and Jordan will have the same points, both ten points.

According to FIFA rules, in this case, the goal difference between the two teams in all games in this group stage is first compared.

Jordan, now in second place, has a goal difference of five, while Iraq has a goal difference of zero.

Therefore, while counting on the Chinese team to defeat Jordan, they also need to get more goal difference against Singapore at home to have a chance to enter the top ten.

What they are most worried about now is actually the tacit understanding between the Chinese team and the Jordanian team in the last game. If the two sides draw, then no matter how many goals Iraq wins against Singapore, it will not change their fate of being eliminated.

At that time, the Chinese team will join hands with Jordan to qualify.

In fact, Iraq's worries are not unreasonable, because in China, some media have already shouted the slogan "Happily, join hands to advance".

Judging from the actual results, the two teams do not have to fight to the death for one Iraq. They only need to draw a draw to qualify. So what motivation is there to fight for it?

Perhaps there is only public pressure on "sports ethics"...

After Zhou Yi arrived at the national team, he attended a press conference with the national team Gao Hongbo. At the press conference, he was asked a somewhat unfriendly question by a bearded reporter who claimed to be Qatar's Al Jazeera TV station.

"According to the current situation, as long as you draw with Jordan at home, the Chinese and Jordanian teams will qualify for the top ten games. So will you play a tacit match with Jordan at home?"

As soon as this question was asked, it aroused the dissatisfaction of many Chinese reporters at the scene. The scene was in an uproar. One Chinese reporter shouted loudly in English: "Do you think we are all from West Asia!"

It is also recognized that West Asian football is good at match-fixing.

However, under the accusations from others, the Qatari reporter's face changed. He did not look at the Chinese reporters who glared at him, and his eyes were always fixed on Zhou Yi.

He stubbornly asked Zhou Yi to answer this question.

Why not ask Gao Hongbo, but Zhou Yi?

Because Zhou Yi is much younger than Gao Hongbo, young people are sometimes more impulsive and easily fall into some literary traps.

To put it bluntly, I just think Zhou Yi is easy to bully.

Zhu Qiang, the press officer of the national team, leaned close to Gao Hongbo and whispered in a low voice, as if he wanted to refuse to answer the question.

But Zhou Yi spoke directly: "So, sir, what is your definition of tacit understanding?"

Zhou Yi turned his back on the guests and asked a rhetorical question that silenced the scene. Everyone turned their attention to the reporter from Qatar's Al Jazeera TV station.

Football is now passed to him by Zhou Yi, how should he respond?

This Qatari reporter does have a big heart. He said without changing his face: "It's just a draw."

There was a burst of boos from the Chinese reporters.

After the boos subsided, Zhou Yi spread his hands: "I don't understand this, sir. The results of a football match are nothing more than victory, defeat, and a draw. These are the three results. You just said a word to make the football match just There are only two outcomes left, victory and defeat, because a draw is a tacit goal and is abnormal...Have you asked FIFA about your definition of a draw like this?"

The scene erupted with laughter from Chinese reporters.

Gao Hongbo, who was sitting next to Zhou Yi, also narrowed his eyes and smiled, and then made a gesture to Zhu Qiang. Zhu Qiang stopped whispering to him, but returned to his seat, straightened his back and looked at the provocation. Qatari journalist.

The Qatari reporter obviously didn't expect Zhou Yi to answer him like this. He wanted to play word games with Zhou Yi, but found that Zhou Yi was the master of playing word games! This is obviously a deliberate distortion of his meaning and then expanded infinitely, which is actually a rogue way.

But he couldn't accuse Zhou Yi of being a rogue, because in that case, Zhou Yi could accuse him in turn...

So he shook his head and said: "I just said that under the current situation, if the Chinese team and Iraq draw, it will be a tacit understanding."

This time, no Chinese reporters booed him. It’s not that the Chinese reporters recognized his statement, but that everyone wanted to see how Zhou Yi would deal with him. At this time, boos cannot be used to overwhelm the guest.

"Of course we will pursue victory in every game, sir. This is our home court after all, and our goal is of course to win. But football games are unknown, there are many possibilities, and there are always all kinds of surprises . So the result does not mean that we can get whatever result we want." Zhou Yi was not angry at the other party's unreasonableness, but patiently explained to him. "But please understand that we have already qualified for the top ten games in advance. Under such circumstances, there is no reason for us to do our best and risk injuries just because of the emergence of Iraq - I know Qatar has Money, so if I get seriously injured in the game against Jordan and retire, can you support me for the rest of my life?”

He asked with a smile, and the Chinese reporters laughed cooperatively.

The Qatari reporter did not answer Zhou Yi's question. Of course, Zhou Yi did not expect the reporter to answer his question - he would be stupid if he did answer - his question was just to laugh at the Qatari reporter.

He then continued: "I think even if we have reservations during the game, it is normal behavior. Don't think too much about it. Even if it is a draw in the end, it is just a normal result caused by so many normal factors. What kind of tacit understanding of the game It has nothing to do with it. In addition, I would like to ask you, sir, to believe in our sportsmanship. At this point, I can assure you that no matter what, we will never do such an unsportsmanlike thing as shutting down an entire hotel on the pretext of renovation. It’s something that happened, please rest assured. Through this incident, you should be able to see how sportsmanlike we are, right?”

At this point, people in the press conference were already laughing. Everyone knows what Zhou Yi's last sentence is referring to. This slap in the face is really beautiful!

Sure enough, the Qatari reporter, who had maintained his composure before and glared at the Chinese reporters with cold brows, turned red at Zhou Yi's words, and his beard seemed to tremble.

Gao Hongbo and Zhu Qiang did not hide the smiles on their faces. Maybe they didn't want to hide it at all...

"Then sir, do you have any doubts?" Zhou Yi asked, with a faint smile on his face. In the eyes of many people, this smile was simply mocking...

The Qatari reporter was unwilling to be defeated like this. He wanted to apologize for himself, but he opened his mouth and didn't know what to say. He was so speechless that he couldn't say anything for a long time.

When the press officer Zhu Qiang saw this, he also took the opportunity to say: "Since there are no problems, this press conference ends here. Thank you everyone for your participation and support for the national team's work!"

A tense press conference ended in laughter.

I believe that Zhou Yi's performance at this press conference will definitely be spread by the media, and then people will talk about it for a long time, becoming an anecdote in his career... (To be continued.)